योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-145, verse-6

श्रोत्रं त्वगीक्षणं घ्राणं जिह्वा चेतीहितात्मकः ।
संघातः प्रोच्यते जीवश्चिद्रूपोऽनिलमूर्तिमान् ॥ ६ ॥

śrotraṃ tvagīkṣaṇaṃ ghrāṇaṃ jihvā cetīhitātmakaḥ ,
saṃghātaḥ procyate jīvaścidrūpo'nilamūrtimān 6

6. śrotram tvak īkṣaṇam ghrāṇam jihvā ca iti īhitātmakaḥ
saṃghātaḥ procyate jīvaḥ cidrūpaḥ anilamūrtimān

6. śrotram tvak īkṣaṇam ghrāṇam jihvā ca iti īhitātmakaḥ
saṃghātaḥ cidrūpaḥ anilamūrtimān jīvaḥ procyate

6. The aggregate of the ear, skin, eye, nose, and tongue, whose nature is activity, is called the individual soul (jīva), which possesses the form of consciousness and has a body made of vital breath (anila).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - ear, sense of hearing

• त्वक् (tvak) - skin, sense of touch

• ईक्षणम् (īkṣaṇam) - eye, sense of sight

• घ्राणम् (ghrāṇam) - nose, sense of smell

• जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue, sense of taste

• च (ca) - and, also

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• ईहितात्मकः (īhitātmakaḥ) - whose nature is activity/effort

• संघातः (saṁghātaḥ) - aggregate, combination, collection

• प्रोच्यते (procyate) - is called, is said

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

• चिद्रूपः (cidrūpaḥ) - having the form of consciousness

• अनिलमूर्तिमान् (anilamūrtimān) - having a body of vital breath, endowed with an airy form

Words meanings and morphology

श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - ear, sense of hearing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śrotra

śrotra - ear, sense of hearing

Root: śru (class 1)

त्वक् (tvak) - skin, sense of touch

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tvac

tvac - skin, hide, sense of touch

ईक्षणम् (īkṣaṇam) - eye, sense of sight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īkṣaṇa

īkṣaṇa - seeing, looking, eye, sight

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

घ्राणम् (ghrāṇam) - nose, sense of smell

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghrāṇa

ghrāṇa - smell, nose, sense of smell

Root: ghrā (class 1)

जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue, sense of taste

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jihvā

jihvā - tongue, sense of taste

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

ईहितात्मकः (īhitātmakaḥ) - whose nature is activity/effort

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īhitātmaka

īhitātmaka - whose nature is activity, having activity as its essence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (īhita+ātman)

• īhita – wished, desired, striven for, activity, effort
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root īh (to strive, desire)
  Root: īh (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, individual soul (ātman), nature, essence
  noun (masculine)

संघातः (saṁghātaḥ) - aggregate, combination, collection

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃghāta

saṁghāta - aggregate, collection, combination, mass

Derived from saṃ-han (to strike together)

Prefix: sam

Root: han (class 2)

प्रोच्यते (procyate) - is called, is said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of pravac

Passive voice of root vac with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - life, living, soul, individual soul (jīva)

चिद्रूपः (cidrūpaḥ) - having the form of consciousness

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cidrūpa

cidrūpa - having the form of consciousness, whose nature is consciousness

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cit+rūpa)

• cit – consciousness, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, beauty
  noun (neuter)

अनिलमूर्तिमान् (anilamūrtimān) - having a body of vital breath, endowed with an airy form

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anilamūrtimat

anilamūrtimat - having a body of air or vital breath

Derived from the compound anilamūrti (airy body) with the possessive suffix -mat.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anila+mūrti)

• anila – air, wind, vital breath
  noun (masculine)
• mūrti – form, body, shape, embodiment
  noun (feminine)

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